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Wright, Thomas

Anecdota Literaria; A Collection of Short Poems in English, Latin, and French, Illustrative of the Literature and History of England in the Thirteenth Century, and More Especially of the Condition and Manners of the Different Classes of Society

London: John Russell Smith, 1844,

275.00 €

Cole & Contreras Books

(Sitges, Spain)

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Author
Wright, Thomas
Publishers
London: John Russell Smith, 1844
Keyword
colemed medieval fabliaux french english literature latin, chaucer source
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

First and only edition of this imortant collection of short medieval narrative poems in French, English, and Latin, which are printed here for the first time. Among the three French fabliaux is "Le meunier et deus Clers" ("The Miller and Two Clerks") which was an important source for Chaucer. Edition limited to 250 copies. 8vo. Bound in recent attractive cloth. Half-title and errata leaf somewhat discolored (surely because of contact with inferior materials in a previous binding), else fine and bright. Very rare outside institutional collections.
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